Biographies of women: G - L, 1973 - 1996
Scope and Contents
In this folder are interviews and articles about labor organizers, including Bessie Hillman (organizer and labor educator with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America); Ida Klaus (a labor lawyer who served as chief counsel of the National Labor Relations Board); Alice M. Lord (cigar maker and early organizer with the Women’s Trade Union League); Grace Hartman (Canadian labor leader and president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees); Hannah Shapiro Glick (garment worker and Chicago labor activist); Dorothy Healey (California labor organizer and political activist); Dolores Huerta (co‑founder of the United Farm Workers and a leader in farmworker rights) and more.
Dates
- 1973 - 1996
Creator
- From the Collection: New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations (creator, Organization)
- From the Collection: United Association for Labor Education (creator, Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, Spanish, and Chinese.
Extent
5 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository